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School-based Violence Prevention: A practical handbook
Each year nearly 1 billion children experience some form of violence. Violence in childhood has a lifelong effect on the well-being, health, and education of the child. Realizing the importance in it's prevention, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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A Declaration to Accelerate Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings
In February 2019, co-convened by Save the Children, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, and HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, experts and key stakeholders from multiple sectors within the humanitarian and development fields met in Geneva, Switzerland to catalyze a global agenda f
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INSPIRE Handbook: Action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children
Approximately 1 billion children are subjected to violence across the globe each year. The costs of such widespread violence are immense; exposure to violence is associated with effects on brain function, psychological well-being, noncommunicable diseases
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Adolescent Nutrition: Call to Action
An estimated 1.2 billion adolescents aged 10-18 will have a profound impact on the current and future health and well-being of their children, and society as a whole. Through the promotion of healthy diet and eating practices during adolescence, we have t
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INSPIRE Indicator Guidance and Results Framework: Ending Violence Against Children: How to define and measure change
In 2016, a cohort of 10 global organisations collaborated to produce INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children, the first-ever global technical package for preventing and responding to violence against children. To supplement the te
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Air Pollution and Child Health: Prescribing clean air
This report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), summarizes the latest scientific data and knowledge on the connections between air pollution exposure and adverse impact on child health. Air pollution causes over seven million premature deat
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Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools: Global baseline report 2018
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are responsible for monitoring global progress towards water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. The global effort to achiev
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International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education
The International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education offers recommendations for the scope of a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme, as well as instructions on how to plan, implement, and monitor a CSE programme. This revised version o
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Responding to Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused: WHO clinical guidelines
A study from 2011 estimates that 18% of girls and 8% of boys worldwide have experienced sexual abuse. This constitutes a major public health problem. Health providers, in many cases, are the first line of response for victims of sexual violence. It is cru
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Advocating for Change for Adolescents: A practical toolkit for young people to advocate for improved adolescent health and well-being
There is an unprecedented amount of adolescents across the world, however, a large amount of them are unable to reach their full potential. Many youths die of preventable causes such as diseases and during childbirth, a significant number (1.8 million) ar
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Nutrition in the WHO African Region
Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within
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Education Sector Responses to the use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs
This booklet provides the context and rationale for improved education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs among children and young people, with a focus on primary and secondary education sectors. It presents evidence-